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adjective

Huffy adj.

Puffed up; as, huffy bread.

Characterized by arrogance or petulance; easily offended.

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Etymology of 'Huffy'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Huffy" Quotes from Famous Books

... mind that," said Monica; "she isn't a huffy person. I know she would like to see you—she said to me once that the idea of coming didn't seem to amuse you, but she seemed disposed to sympathise with you for that. Just write and say you ...

— Watersprings • Arthur Christopher Benson

... ain't got the sense of a grayback louse, leastways some of 'em. Now, there's dad, filled up on stuff they call whisky out yer, and consequence is he can't eat any grub for two days or more. Doggone it, it makes me huffy, it plum does. Mam has put up with it fer twenty years, which is just twenty more than I'd stand it, and don't you forget it. When I marry a man it will be a man with sense 'nough not to ...

— The Eagle's Heart • Hamlin Garland

... going to ask you something" (though Poppy hadn't a minute she was applying herself very leisurely to the making of cigarettes). "Don't go and get huffy at what I'm going to say. Do you happen to ...

— The Divine Fire • May Sinclair

... combatants was able to achieve total victory in such short order. He was accompanied by Freddy Soligen, who, for once, was without a crew to help him with his cameras and equipment. Instead, he sweated it out alone, helped only by Max Mainz who was being somewhat huffy about this Telly reporter taking over his ...

— Frigid Fracas • Dallas McCord Reynolds

... he'll come, honey," said Brick, melted by the tears that sounded in her voice. "He won't get huffy over a foolish old codger like Bill Atkins. Of course he'll come again and tell you about street-cars and lamp-posts. Let him go to his work now, he's been up all night, just to get a word with you. Let him go—he'll ...

— Lahoma • John Breckenridge Ellis

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